Microservices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 62 63
Rank change year-on-year -57 +1 -15
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 1,519 1,895 3,661
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.65% 4.30% 3.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.24% 4.61% 4.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,057 1,032 2,746
10th Percentile £48,289 £49,156 £43,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £74,870 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +15.18% -16.13%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £83,759
90th Percentile £115,000 £114,223 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £61,206
% change year-on-year -3.57% +14.37% -9.32%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 67,959 41,142 82,492
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.66% 93.29% 84.82%
Number of salaries quoted 43,928 22,326 59,700
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,750 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,269 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.97% +5.94% -10.10%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.96% +4.00% -9.09%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microservices job vacancy trend in the UK

Microservices
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 20 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK over the 6 months to 20 May 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -54 1,381 £75,000 - 534
London +2 712 £85,000 - 241
UK excluding London -118 682 £67,500 -3.57% 341
Work from Home -34 645 £70,000 - 297
North of England -62 305 £69,310 -3.74% 108
South East -71 165 £67,500 -3.57% 102
North West -64 150 £72,500 - 70
Yorkshire -25 100 £69,308 -5.94% 23
Midlands -90 70 £67,750 +4.23% 41
South West -99 61 £52,500 -23.39% 43
North East +3 55 £65,000 +18.18% 15
West Midlands -65 49 £77,500 +10.71% 24
East of England -30 40 £60,100 -3.84% 19
Scotland -72 31 £62,500 -18.73% 12
East Midlands -74 20 £66,000 +5.60% 17
Northern Ireland -31 8 £62,500 +25.00% 11
Wales -34 8 £53,171 +2.25% 9
Isle of Man - 3 £35,000 -
Channel Islands - 1 £90,000 -

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 28 (1.84%) Apache Spark
2 18 (1.18%) Confluence
3 14 (0.92%) Apache
3 14 (0.92%) IIS
3 14 (0.92%) OpenStack
4 13 (0.86%) CMS
4 13 (0.86%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 11 (0.72%) JBoss
6 7 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 6 (0.39%) WordPress
8 5 (0.33%) Drupal
8 5 (0.33%) WebSphere
9 4 (0.26%) Camunda
9 4 (0.26%) GeoServer
10 3 (0.20%) Liferay
10 3 (0.20%) nginx
11 2 (0.13%) Appian
11 2 (0.13%) NServiceBus
11 2 (0.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (0.59%) MS Visio
2 7 (0.46%) Maya
3 6 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.39%) PlantUML
4 3 (0.20%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.13%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.33%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.20%) Oracle Retail
5 2 (0.13%) Endur
5 2 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.13%) Shopify
6 1 (0.066%) Actimize
6 1 (0.066%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.066%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.066%) Quorum
6 1 (0.066%) R3 Corda
6 1 (0.066%) SAP FS
6 1 (0.066%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 812 (53.46%) AWS
2 620 (40.82%) Azure
3 304 (20.01%) GCP
4 249 (16.39%) Serverless
5 154 (10.14%) SaaS
6 123 (8.10%) Azure DevOps
6 123 (8.10%) GitHub
7 117 (7.70%) AWS Lambda
8 107 (7.04%) Amazon S3
9 93 (6.12%) Amazon EKS
10 85 (5.60%) AWS CloudFormation
11 71 (4.67%) Amazon SQS
12 70 (4.61%) Amazon ECS
13 64 (4.21%) Amazon EC2
14 55 (3.62%) Azure Service Bus
15 48 (3.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 46 (3.03%) Azure AKS
17 44 (2.90%) Datadog
18 40 (2.63%) GitHub Copilot
18 40 (2.63%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 60 (3.95%) Broadband
2 20 (1.32%) Network Security
3 10 (0.66%) DNS
3 10 (0.66%) HTTP
3 10 (0.66%) MQTT
4 8 (0.53%) Internet
4 8 (0.53%) VPN
5 7 (0.46%) AMQP
5 7 (0.46%) Firewall
6 6 (0.39%) Cisco ASA
6 6 (0.39%) DHCP
6 6 (0.39%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.33%) LTE
8 3 (0.20%) HTTPS
8 3 (0.20%) Hyperconnected
8 3 (0.20%) Modbus
8 3 (0.20%) RFID
8 3 (0.20%) SNMP
8 3 (0.20%) WAN
9 2 (0.13%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 193 (12.71%) NoSQL
2 189 (12.44%) MongoDB
3 178 (11.72%) PostgreSQL
4 87 (5.73%) MySQL
5 84 (5.53%) SQL Server
6 76 (5.00%) Relational Database
7 73 (4.81%) Elasticsearch
8 58 (3.82%) DynamoDB
9 49 (3.23%) Azure SQL Database
10 42 (2.76%) Amazon RDS
11 38 (2.50%) Redis
12 33 (2.17%) BigQuery
13 31 (2.04%) Big Data
14 23 (1.51%) RDBMS
15 12 (0.79%) Pinecone
16 11 (0.72%) DB2
16 11 (0.72%) Power BI
17 7 (0.46%) Hadoop
17 7 (0.46%) Tableau
18 6 (0.39%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 192 (12.64%) Git
2 139 (9.15%) GitLab
3 129 (8.49%) Jenkins
4 55 (3.62%) TeamCity
5 45 (2.96%) JIRA
6 40 (2.63%) JUnit
7 36 (2.37%) Cucumber
8 31 (2.04%) CircleCI
8 31 (2.04%) Cypress.io
9 27 (1.78%) Mockito
10 26 (1.71%) Maven
11 22 (1.45%) Claude Code
12 18 (1.18%) SonarQube
13 16 (1.05%) Selenium
14 15 (0.99%) Bitbucket
14 15 (0.99%) Vite
15 13 (0.86%) JMeter
16 8 (0.53%) Visual Studio
17 7 (0.46%) NUnit
17 7 (0.46%) REST Assured
General
1 440 (28.97%) Finance
2 302 (19.88%) Social Skills
3 160 (10.53%) Banking
4 126 (8.29%) Public Sector
5 97 (6.39%) Law
6 95 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
7 81 (5.33%) Retail
8 71 (4.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 51 (3.36%) Financial Institution
10 43 (2.83%) Back Office
11 35 (2.30%) Telecoms
12 24 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
13 18 (1.18%) Billing
13 18 (1.18%) Legal
14 17 (1.12%) Marketing
15 15 (0.99%) Advertising
15 15 (0.99%) Games
16 14 (0.92%) Aerospace
17 12 (0.79%) Front Office
18 10 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 522 (34.36%) Developer
2 400 (26.33%) Senior
3 314 (20.67%) Software Engineer
4 224 (14.75%) Architect
5 204 (13.43%) Lead
6 135 (8.89%) Full-Stack Developer
7 126 (8.29%) Java Developer
8 122 (8.03%) Senior Developer
9 107 (7.04%) Senior Software Engineer
10 104 (6.85%) Java Engineer
11 102 (6.71%) .NET Developer
12 89 (5.86%) Solutions Architect
13 64 (4.21%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 59 (3.88%) Software Developer
15 54 (3.55%) Lead Developer
16 53 (3.49%) Principal Engineer
17 50 (3.29%) DevOps Engineer
18 48 (3.16%) C# Developer
19 46 (3.03%) Java Software Engineer
19 46 (3.03%) Senior Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 332 (21.86%) React
2 329 (21.66%) .NET
3 276 (18.17%) RESTful
4 264 (17.38%) Node.js
5 246 (16.19%) Spring
6 224 (14.75%) Spring Boot
7 218 (14.35%) REST
8 191 (12.57%) Kafka
9 127 (8.36%) AngularJS
10 111 (7.31%) .NET Core
11 100 (6.58%) ASP.NET
12 96 (6.32%) Vue
13 90 (5.92%) gRPC
14 88 (5.79%) HTML
15 78 (5.13%) CSS
16 77 (5.07%) ASP.NET Core
17 67 (4.41%) .NET Framework
18 66 (4.34%) RabbitMQ
19 53 (3.49%) OAuth
20 50 (3.29%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 422 (27.78%) Cloud Native
2 258 (16.98%) Distributed Systems
3 110 (7.24%) Product Ownership
4 82 (5.40%) Enterprise Software
5 63 (4.15%) Legacy Systems
6 57 (3.75%) Greenfield Project
7 46 (3.03%) Video\Live Streaming
8 45 (2.96%) Over-the-Top Content
9 38 (2.50%) Algorithms
10 37 (2.44%) Data Structures
11 27 (1.78%) Blockchain
12 26 (1.71%) Distributed Architecture
12 26 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
13 24 (1.58%) Public Cloud
14 22 (1.45%) Mobile App
15 21 (1.38%) Legacy Applications
16 20 (1.32%) AI Agents
17 19 (1.25%) Onboarding
17 19 (1.25%) Virtual Team
18 18 (1.18%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 88 (5.79%) Linux
2 41 (2.70%) Windows
3 20 (1.32%) Unix
4 9 (0.59%) Android
5 5 (0.33%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.33%) CentOS
5 5 (0.33%) Debian
5 5 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.33%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.26%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.066%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 744 (48.98%) CI/CD
2 626 (41.21%) Agile
3 564 (37.13%) Software Engineering
4 555 (36.54%) DevOps
5 383 (25.21%) Containerisation
6 378 (24.88%) Full-Stack Development
7 350 (23.04%) Mentoring
8 302 (19.88%) Test Automation
9 297 (19.55%) Continuous Improvement
10 292 (19.22%) Event-Driven
11 285 (18.76%) Problem-Solving
12 282 (18.56%) AI
13 262 (17.25%) Infrastructure as Code
14 199 (13.10%) Scrum
15 180 (11.85%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 179 (11.78%) Technical Leadership
17 178 (11.72%) Coaching
18 174 (11.45%) Computer Science
19 167 (10.99%) Clean Code
19 167 (10.99%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 506 (33.31%) Java
2 405 (26.66%) Python
3 330 (21.72%) JavaScript
4 323 (21.26%) SQL
5 304 (20.01%) C#
6 241 (15.87%) TypeScript
7 125 (8.23%) Go
8 51 (3.36%) Scala
9 48 (3.16%) C++
10 47 (3.09%) PHP
11 39 (2.57%) Bash
12 32 (2.11%) C
13 28 (1.84%) Ruby
14 24 (1.58%) PL/SQL
15 23 (1.51%) Rust
16 19 (1.25%) Kotlin
16 19 (1.25%) Shell Script
17 18 (1.18%) PowerShell
18 14 (0.92%) Groovy
19 10 (0.66%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 181 (11.92%) Degree
2 168 (11.06%) Security Cleared
3 107 (7.04%) SC Cleared
4 97 (6.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 57 (3.75%) AWS Certification
6 28 (1.84%) Azure Certification
7 27 (1.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 27 (1.78%) DV Cleared
8 25 (1.65%) CISSP
8 25 (1.65%) Master's Degree
9 20 (1.32%) TOGAF Certification
10 16 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
11 14 (0.92%) DBS Check
12 12 (0.79%) AWS Certified Developer
13 11 (0.72%) CISM
14 8 (0.53%) PhD
15 6 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
16 5 (0.33%) BPSS Clearance
16 5 (0.33%) GIAC
16 5 (0.33%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (6.52%) QA
2 37 (2.44%) Accessibility
3 30 (1.97%) GDPR
3 30 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 24 (1.58%) PCI DSS
5 23 (1.51%) NIST
6 19 (1.25%) SOC 2
7 12 (0.79%) GRC
8 11 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
9 10 (0.66%) NCSC
9 10 (0.66%) WCAG
10 8 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
11 6 (0.39%) IFRS
12 5 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 3 (0.20%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.13%) SEPA
14 2 (0.13%) SLA
15 1 (0.066%) Data Quality
15 1 (0.066%) Solvency II
System Software
1 450 (29.62%) Docker
2 13 (0.86%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.20%) Firmware
4 2 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.066%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 481 (31.67%) Kubernetes
2 284 (18.70%) Terraform
3 85 (5.60%) Ansible
4 82 (5.40%) Grafana
5 46 (3.03%) Prometheus
6 25 (1.65%) Argo
7 22 (1.45%) Kibana
8 18 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
9 13 (0.86%) Puppet
10 10 (0.66%) Cilium
11 9 (0.59%) HP Fortify
12 4 (0.26%) Packer
12 4 (0.26%) Podman
12 4 (0.26%) Rancher
13 3 (0.20%) Istio
13 3 (0.20%) Nagios
14 2 (0.13%) MIIS
14 2 (0.13%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 161 (10.60%) Microsoft
2 66 (4.34%) Google
3 50 (3.29%) Oracle
4 45 (2.96%) Typelevel
5 21 (1.38%) OpenAI
6 20 (1.32%) Dynatrace
7 17 (1.12%) Splunk
8 16 (1.05%) AppDynamics
9 14 (0.92%) IBM
10 12 (0.79%) Red Hat
11 11 (0.72%) CrowdStrike
12 10 (0.66%) Guidewire
13 9 (0.59%) Adobe
13 9 (0.59%) Cisco
13 9 (0.59%) Salesforce
13 9 (0.59%) SAP
14 8 (0.53%) Atlassian
15 6 (0.39%) HubSpot
15 6 (0.39%) Juniper
15 6 (0.39%) Software AG